Department of Social & Health Services v. Bissett

How courts have described this case

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• finding that if a mentally deficient mother is not afforded reunification services catering to her intellectual limitations, the Department of Social and Health Services cannot terminate her parental rights
• termination was premature where Department did not offer parent disability services and record did not support finding of futility
• termination was premature where Department did not offer parent disability services and record did not support finding of futility
• termination was premature where Department did not offer parent disability services and record did not support finding of futility
• parental rights can be terminated only if six statutory factors are established and termination is in the best interests of child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).